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How much did you guys want the Romulan Faction?

jumpingjsjumpingjs Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
This is not an attempt at Trolling

I am NOT saying no to the the Romulan Faction, but did we really want them that bad? Or rather, was a romulan faction your first choice?


I personally wanted more Federation and Klingon content. The content they have been realseasing , I love. I am also sure they would not make another "Hide and Seek" , but more past imperfects ... (if you see what I mean)


So ... me? I would have choosen more story content


What about you?
Hopefully I'll come back from my break; this break is fun; I play intellectual games.

I hope STO get's better ...
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  • darkelfofficerdarkelfofficer Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I've been waiting for Romulans from day one.
  • tpalelenatpalelena Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I actually wanted Romulans more then Klingons.
    Let us wear Swimsuits on Foundry maps or bridges please! I would pay zen for that.
  • jkstocbrjkstocbr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    New faction please, Romulan, Cardassian, Ferengi. All good for me :)
  • jorumgandrjorumgandr Member Posts: 142 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    since day one as well. I'm a SFC and SFC II veteran, I've also loved star trek armada, and was used to the romulans being playable in those games. I'm glad to have the chance to sit in the big chair of one of these powerful warbirds once more
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The future of the game depends entirely on the presence of additional factions. Fed and Klingons shooting at each other runs out of gas very fast. Feds and Klingons and Romulans all shooting at each other makes for a lot more opportunities. I hope they add more factions sooner rather than later.
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  • daan2006daan2006 Member Posts: 5,346 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    darkelfofficer wrote: »
    I've been waiting for Romulans from day one.

    this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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    macronius wrote: »
    This! Their ability to outdo their own failures is quite impressive. If only this power could be harnessed for good.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I don't have any more interest in Roms than I did in Klinks, but I do have an interest in new Mission Content. New things to do, even if I must do them in a Rom ship, are fine with me. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • sernonserculionsernonserculion Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    If we entertain the notion that denial reinforces an urge, it used to be a good strong impulse, or steady drive if you will.

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  • ussweatherlightussweatherlight Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I wanted a romulan faction. Hopefully they deliver a good one.
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  • snoggymack22snoggymack22 Member Posts: 7,084 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I wanted a Romulan faction. But not some peace loving democratic voting republic founding bunny chasing beatnik romulans flying around in TOS and ENT era Birds of Prey, wearing jackets and not quilts with shoulderpads like all proper Romulans wear.

    I'm leery. Very leery.
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  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I seem to recall a poll back in the day actually placing the Borg as the number one most wanted faction...I guess getting Denise Crosby changed that ;-)
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I REALLY wanted a Romulan Faction...

    ...You know, after all the other s*** in the game got fixed first... :rolleyes:
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  • lizweilizwei Member Posts: 936 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    tobar26th wrote: »
    I seem to recall a poll back in the day actually placing the Borg as the number one most wanted faction...I guess getting Denise Crosby changed that ;-)

    Unless you're actually playing as the Borg Queen, gameplay as the Borg would not work at all.
    It would basically be:

    "Three of Twelve. Report to Subsection B of Tertiary Adjunct 325 in Unimatrix Five. Scrub conduit AB2 for the next 10 standard years. Resistance is futile."

    I can only assume people who voted for the Borg were either ignorant of this, thought every player would get to be a Borg Queen, or was trolling.
    Whatever the case, there's not much reason to take them seriously.
  • therealtedtherealted Member Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    jumpingjs wrote: »
    What about you?
    Quite a few wanted playable Romulans over new content, apparently. Here's the poll that sealed the deal:
    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=379951
  • glumm66glumm66 Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    As nifty as any new faction can be...I would infinitely rather have new content and features added to the existing factions. Otherwise we just get 3 incomplete factions instead of 2.

    I will come back, of course and try out the new faction, but I have been bored with STO for over a year, for lack of:

    1. a working crafting system - I think most people would agree it's not very compelling.
    2. a far more involved exploration system.
    3. an expanded, deeper, richer diplomatic mission system.
    4. better integration of the Foundry into the core game - the Foundry is great, and will become even more so with the merging of the features from Neverwinter, but it still feels like an add-on to the game, and not really a part of it.
    5. the full realization of the starship interiors - this, in addition to the Foundry system, is one of several features that I think really sets STO apart. There are a LOT of sandbox builder type players (myself included) that would be absolutely sucked into STO if it had a fully customizable and functional starship interior system. Starship interiors were introduced 2 years and 2 months ago, yet little has been done to realize their massive potential since then.
    6. bug fixes - there are still bugs that are lingering since launch, such as bridge officers not sitting properly in chairs - I was showing a friend my bridge recently who had never seen STO, and felt embarrassed that he saw my BO's butts floating 12 inches above their seats and their hands typing in mid-air.
    7. Bridge Officer system - we can assign BO's to the First Officer and Department Head positions via the Duty Officer system, but this has no effect outside of the DO system.

    This list doesn't even touch on the Klingon-specific issues, and I am sure others can add extensively to this list.
  • daan2006daan2006 Member Posts: 5,346 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    therealted wrote: »
    Quite a few wanted playable Romulans over new content, apparently. Here's the poll that sealed the deal:
    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=379951

    I love that poll :)
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    macronius wrote: »
    This! Their ability to outdo their own failures is quite impressive. If only this power could be harnessed for good.
  • crunch2600crunch2600 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Not a great deal excited. But it sets the stage for some interesting developments in the future, with some end point being a territorial control game. They're attempting to reinforce the foundation of the game they want this to become.
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    In my mind it seems like the four obvious normal factions are Federation, Klingon, Romulan, and Dominion. Maybe a Borg pay-to-play/veteran faction some day long from now.

    I definitely wanted Romulans. Star Trek is not complete to me without Romulans involved somehow. And I eagerly await May to see where it's all going.

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  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    snoggymack22 wrote: »
    I wanted a Romulan faction. But not some peace loving democratic voting republic founding bunny chasing beatnik romulans flying around in TOS and ENT era Birds of Prey, wearing jackets and not quilts with shoulderpads like all proper Romulans wear.

    I'm leery. Very leery.
    This is exactly how I feel. If they don't have the romulan government, don't have Romulan ambitions, and can't even dress like Romulans, are they really 'The' Romulan faction. What has been shown off so far leads me to believe that the Romulan Republic couldn't be more removed from the iconic Romulans from the show, and even from many of the episodes in STO itself. Very leery.
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Yeah, there is that. I'll admit it bugs me too.

    It's ok to have playable bad guys. Really.

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  • cdnhawkcdnhawk Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I'll admit to being curious enough that I will probably start a Rommie alt once it goes live. I currently have 2 Feds and a KDF, but the KDF side doesn't really float my boat. I'm hoping the Romulans are more interesting.
  • sarovensaroven Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    How much did I want a Romulan faction?

    Uh, let's see: begged for one during beta, begged for years playing game, finally quit game right before duty officer patch and the ONLY REASON I am coming back to play in May is to finally play my Romulan that I should have had at game launch.

    So yeah...I'd say I really wanted it.
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  • pyryckpyryck Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I wanted Romulans since I heard there was an ST IP MMO in the works.

    Having additional factions provides for more opportunities for factional and generic content.

    And now for the big kicker to all of this...IF Cryptic can work up the Romulan faction with leveling content from 1-50 AND add in additional leveling content for KDF to fill in the 1-20 levels and while doing all of this manage to add in new features, new rep system, new FEs AND new STFs with the majority of the work being done in 6 months, just imagine how much content they can generate for the "seasons" while moving the game forward.

    I think we should all give Cryptic the chance to bring out the Romulan faction and the rest of the content that they're planning on adding into the expansion just to see what they can do when they get down to it.
  • daroskadaroska Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Me? I'd logically would have chosen a Dominion playable faction to develop instead.
    That or Unimatrix Zero (who in my opinion, should have replaced Omega Force).

    For me my only concern with the Romulans/Remans would have been to add them
    to the FED/KDF as options. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given a second thought.

    :rolleyes:
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  • nabuborianabuboria Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It's Star Trek, it's boring without diversity would you of watched all of the episodes if it was only fed and Klingon?

    Would get boring fast.

    It should have ALL the races/factions (unless otherwise not owned)
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I always liked Romulan and Klingon episodes the most
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  • lizweilizwei Member Posts: 936 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    tsurutafan01 wrote: »
    Yeah, there is that. I'll admit it bugs me too.

    It's ok to have playable bad guys. Really.

    It seems to be an unfortunate effect on MMOs.
    Look at WoW, where they quickly turned the Blood Elves from a ruthless and scarred people out for power and revenge on the Alliance who betrayed them into High Elves with green eyes.
    If you're not familiar with ********, essentially they took a race that was very much like the classic Romulans, and turned them into stereotypical good guy elves.

    That's just one example. It seems MMO developers are afraid that factions with nefarious intent just won't be popular.

    Edit: Are you telling me the name WoW stands for is blocked? Really? REALLY? Fail more plz.
  • voyagerfan9751voyagerfan9751 Member Posts: 1,120 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I think the problem is the OP suggest that a Romulan Faction means no more development for KDF or the Feds.

    This just not the case. Even if this expansion is very Romulan centered (and lets face it with the amount of things that would have to be part of ANY new faction, how could it not), that in no way suggests they are done with the Feds or KDF. Season 8, Back when it was still "season 8" was suppose to reintroduce the featured episodes. Which should be all relatively agnostic.

    And lets be honest, No matter how many factions they release (my dream will always be 5. FED, KDF, RSE, CU, and Dominion), The Federation will always be the most popular. Most popular means more potential money, so there is no way they are abandoning that.
  • tancrediivtancrediiv Member Posts: 728 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    New factions are necessary for the future game. Now that is an interesting statement. People who play STO now are those who want to. I doubt very much there are a whole mass of masses out there who are saying, "I dont play STO but, I would play STO if it had a playable Romulan faction." Creating new factions does not mean we get more people playing STO necessarily.

    I am happy those interested in a Romulan faction got this new addition. But I will not play it. Why?

    Time.

    I have 7 Characters, 4 Federation, 3 Klingon. I only have so much time to play. As it is I spend most of my time grinding for rep and fleet star base and operations. Soon we will hit T5 on our base. when that happens i intend for the slave grinding to end. I will not make another character, a Romulan character, because there is no way I want to grind all this again. At some point I want to stop grinding and just play for fun.

    Each new faction will absolutely, positively, inevitably, and certainly add to the grind. No thanks.

    Content for existing factions first. Consistent development for the KDF to bring them on par with the Federation side should be first priority. There is an established customer base there that should be respected so they will keep on keeping on.

    Development should be done evenly for all factions. If the federation gets a ship pack the KDF should get a counter. This builds the sense of rivalry that boosts game interest instead of fueling dissent. Now, with a third faction, it would require a ship pack for all three factions to keep it even. Add another faction? Now it requires 4 ship packs and so on.
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  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    lizwei wrote: »
    It seems to be an unfortunate effect on MMOs.
    Look at WoW, where they quickly turned the Blood Elves from a ruthless and scarred people out for power and revenge on the Alliance who betrayed them into High Elves with green eyes.
    If you're not familiar with ********, essentially they took a race that was very much like the classic Romulans, and turned them into stereotypical good guy elves.

    That's just one example. It seems MMO developers are afraid that factions with nefarious intent just won't be popular.

    Edit: Are you telling me the name WoW stands for is blocked? Really? REALLY? Fail more plz.

    I was wondering about that trend too. Jumping over to the 'Neverwinter' page, I noticed that 'Good guy' Drow and Tieflings are available, but no evil ones. They are really playing up the 'good drow' angle by advertising a lot of 'Drizzit' themed items and even a player race. Is this what the Romulan faction is going to be? a Faction of 'Romulan Renegades' like Neverwinter has 'Menzoberanzan Renegades'?
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